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98 Top Quotes By Lewis Carroll, The Author Of Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland

Famous As: English Author Best Known for His Works: ‘Alice's Adventures in Wonderland’ & Its Sequel ‘Through the Looking-Glass’
Born On: January 27, 1832
Died On: January 14, 1898
Born In: Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
Died At Age: 65
No girl can deny the fact that she never fantasied being Alice and spending sometime in the latter’s Wonderland having a taste of adventure. That itself reflects the influence Lewis Carroll has had on literature and the life of people. Author of the famous and bestselling book, ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ and ‘Through the Looking Glass’, Lewis Carroll needs no introduction. An ace storyteller, he was a genius who crafted a fantasy world that every reader wanted to be a part of. Interestingly, Carroll first brought life to his character of Alice while on a boat ride with his sisters. It was upon the insistence of the girls that he started spinning stories of the topsy-turvy adventures of Alice in her Wonderland and rest as they say is history. In no time, Carroll became one of the most loved authors of English language, competing with the likes of Shakespeare and Bible as the most quoted works of literature in history. While his characters have become entrenched in our culture, his stories have been deemed classics and have been translated into countless different languages; so have been his quotes that give a new perspective to life and living. Explore this section and find a collection of quotes by Lewis Carroll. Get inspired.
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It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.

It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.

Lewis Carroll
She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very seldom followed it).

She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very seldom followed it).

Lewis Carroll
Begin at the beginning,

Begin at the beginning," the King said, very gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then stop.

Lewis Carroll
Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.

Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.

Lewis Carroll
Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle.

Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle.

Lewis Carroll
One of the deep secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others.

One of the deep secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others.

Lewis Carroll
I don't think...

I don't think..." then you shouldn't talk, said the Hatter.

Lewis Carroll
If everybody minded their own business, the world would go around a great deal faster than it does.

If everybody minded their own business, the world would go around a great deal faster than it does.

Lewis Carroll
I know who I WAS when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then

I know who I WAS when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then

Lewis Carroll
Why it's simply impassible!
Alice: Why, don't you mean impossible?
Door: No, I do mean impassible. (chuckles) Nothing's impossible!

Why it's simply impassible! Alice: Why, don't you mean impossible? Door: No, I do mean impassible. (chuckles) Nothing's impossible!

Lewis Carroll
Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
 Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
 And the mome raths outgrabe.

Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.

Lewis Carroll
Have I gone mad?
I'm afraid so, but let me tell you something, the best people usually are.

Have I gone mad? I'm afraid so, but let me tell you something, the best people usually are.

Lewis Carroll
No, no! The adventures first, explanations take such a dreadful time.

No, no! The adventures first, explanations take such a dreadful time.

Lewis Carroll
We're all mad here.

We're all mad here.

Lewis Carroll
Everything is funny, if you can laugh at it.

Everything is funny, if you can laugh at it.

Lewis Carroll
I'm not strange, weird, off, nor crazy, my reality is just different from yours.

I'm not strange, weird, off, nor crazy, my reality is just different from yours.

Lewis Carroll
If you drink much from a bottle marked 'poison' it is certain to disagree with you sooner or later.

If you drink much from a bottle marked 'poison' it is certain to disagree with you sooner or later.

Lewis Carroll
Alice:How long is forever? White Rabbit:Sometimes, just one second.

Alice:How long is forever? White Rabbit:Sometimes, just one second.

Lewis Carroll
In a Wonderland they lie, Dreaming as the days go by, Dreaming as the summers die: 
Ever drifting down the stream- Lingering in the golden gleam- Life, what is it but a dream?

In a Wonderland they lie, Dreaming as the days go by, Dreaming as the summers die: Ever drifting down the stream- Lingering in the golden gleam- Life, what is it but a dream?

Lewis Carroll
Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, 'if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic.

Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, 'if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic.

Lewis Carroll
I'm afraid I can't explain myself, sir. Because I am not myself, you see?

I'm afraid I can't explain myself, sir. Because I am not myself, you see?

Lewis Carroll
My dear, here we must run as fast as we can, just to stay in place. And if you wish to go anywhere you must run twice as fast as that.

My dear, here we must run as fast as we can, just to stay in place. And if you wish to go anywhere you must run twice as fast as that.

Lewis Carroll
Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality.

Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality.

Lewis Carroll
The time has come,

The time has come," the walrus said, "to talk of many things: Of shoes and ships - and sealing wax - of cabbages and kings

Lewis Carroll
If you don't know where you are going any road can take you there

If you don't know where you are going any road can take you there

Lewis Carroll
He was part of my dream, of course -- but then I was part of his dream, too.

He was part of my dream, of course -- but then I was part of his dream, too.

Lewis Carroll
How puzzling all these changes are! I'm never sure what I'm going to be, from one minute to another.

How puzzling all these changes are! I'm never sure what I'm going to be, from one minute to another.

Lewis Carroll
Where should I go?

Where should I go?" -Alice. "That depends on where you want to end up." - The Cheshire Cat.

Lewis Carroll
And what is the use of a book,

And what is the use of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures or conversation?

Lewis Carroll
Off with their heads!

Off with their heads!

Lewis Carroll